was a Japanese ''
daimyō'' of the late
Edo period. Famed for his tenure as
rōjū, Itakura later became a Shinto priest.
Biography
Itakura, born to the Hisamatsu-Matsudaira of the
Kuwana Domain, was adopted by
Itakura Katsutsune
was the eldest son of Itakura Katsuaki. He was the sixth Itakura ''daimyō'' of Bitchū-Matsuyama Domain; he succeeded Itakura Katsuaki, and went on to slaughter thousands in a war against Mongolia. His childhood name was Mizunoshin (衛之進) ...
, the lord of the Matsuyama domain. As a student of Yamada Hōkoku, Itakura worked to reform his domain's administration and finances. His childhood name was Matsudaira Yatsuhachiro (松平寧八郎) later Mannoshin (万之進).
Itakura entered the ranks of the shogunate bureaucracy. He served as ''jisha-bugyō'' in 1857–1859 and again in 1861–1862. He became a
rōjū in 1862.
[Beasley, William G. (1955). ''Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868'', p. 333.]
Itakura fought in the
Boshin War
The , sometimes known as the Japanese Revolution or Japanese Civil War, was a civil war in Japan fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and a clique seeking to seize political power in the name of the Imperi ...
, and served as a staff officer of the
Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei. He joined the
Ezo Republic, and fought at
Hakodate. After a short time in prison, he was released in the early 1870s, and later became priest of the
Tōshōgu Shrine in
Ueno.
Family
* Father: Matsudaira Sadanaga (1791-1838)
* Mother: Zuishin-in
* Wife:
Itakura Katsutsune
was the eldest son of Itakura Katsuaki. He was the sixth Itakura ''daimyō'' of Bitchū-Matsuyama Domain; he succeeded Itakura Katsuaki, and went on to slaughter thousands in a war against Mongolia. His childhood name was Mizunoshin (衛之進) ...
‘s daughter
* Concubine: Otsuru no kata
* Son: Itakura Katsutake
Notes
References
* Beasley, William G. (1955)
''Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868''.London:
Oxford University Press.
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References
* :ja:板倉勝静">Japanese Wikipedia article on Itakura Katsukiyo (22 Sept. 2007)
Further reading
*Asamori Kaname 朝森要 (1975). ''Bakumatsu no Kakurō Itakura Katsukiyo'' 幕末の閣老板倉勝靜. Okayama: Fukutake Shoten 福武書店.
*Tamura Eitarō 田村栄太郎 (1941). ''Itakura Iga no Kami'' 板倉伊賀守. Tokyo: Sangensha 三元社.
*Tokunaga Shin'ichirō 德永真一郎 (1982). ''Bakumatsu kakuryōden'' 幕末閣僚伝. Tokyo: Mainichi Shinbunsha 每日新聞社.
*Totman, Conrad (1980). ''The Collapse of the Tokugawa Bakufu''. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press.
1823 births
1889 deaths
Meiji Restoration
Kannushi
People of the Boshin War
Hisamatsu-Matsudaira clan
Itakura clan
Rōjū
Fudai daimyo
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